Legal Clinic News

  • Modeling Client-Centered Lawyering in Practice

    Modeling Client-Centered Lawyering in Practice

    Students in the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic were immersed in client-centered lawyering during the 2023-24 academic year. Working directly with underserved local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits, students learned about their clients and their clients’ goals to provide high-quality, individualized legal services. Students prepared legal work product that… Read More

    May. 23, 2024

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    Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic 2023-24 Updates

    Students in the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic were immersed in client-centered lawyering during the 2023-24 academic year. Working directly with underserved local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits, students learned about their clients and their clients’ goals to provide high-quality, individualized legal services. Students prepared legal work product that… Read More

    May. 23, 2024

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    The First Amendment Clinic’s 2023-2024 Recap

    Students in the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic were immersed in client-centered lawyering during the 2023-24 academic year. Working directly with underserved local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits, students learned about their clients and their clients’ goals to provide high-quality, individualized legal services. Students prepared legal work product that… Read More

    May. 23, 2024

  • Youth Opportunity Clinic Helps Vulnerable Populations Address Collateral Consequences

    Youth Opportunity Clinic Helps Vulnerable Populations Address Collateral Consequences

    Students in the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic were immersed in client-centered lawyering during the 2023-24 academic year. Working directly with underserved local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits, students learned about their clients and their clients’ goals to provide high-quality, individualized legal services. Students prepared legal work product that… Read More

    May. 23, 2024

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    Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic Announces Collaboration with Visalaw.ai

    Clinic is first in the U.S. to use novel immigration law generative AI product Read More

    Mar. 4, 2024

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    Immigration Clinic Student Spotlight: Samuel Patterson III ’25

    Vanderbilt Law School student Samuel Patterson III '25, shares his experience within the Immigration Practice clinic. Read More

    Jan. 24, 2024

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    Beth Cruz ’10 Named Assistant Dean and Martha Craig Daughtrey Director for Public Interest

    Cruz brings significant public interest law experience from Nashville Public Defender’s Office. Read More

    May. 5, 2023

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    Vanderbilt Law Students Work for Three Legal Advocacy Organizations over 2023 Pro Bono Spring Break

    Student teams worked on projects to provide end-of-life resources for low-income clients, support indigent criminal defense, and offer civil legal services to formerly incarcerated women Read More

    Apr. 17, 2023

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    Clinical Alumni Spotlights

    Students in the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic were immersed in client-centered lawyering during the 2023-24 academic year. Working directly with underserved local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits, students learned about their clients and their clients’ goals to provide high-quality, individualized legal services. Students prepared legal work product that… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2023

  • Turner Family Community Free Enterprise Clinic: 2021-22 Annual Review

    Turner Family Community Free Enterprise Clinic: 2021-22 Annual Review

    The Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic launched in 2018 as an experiential course at Vanderbilt Law School. Students enrolled in the Clinic gain transactional lawyering skills and experience through the representation of entrepreneurs and community organizations in Middle Tennessee. The clinic’s goals are to teach substantive law and practice strategies, give students the opportunity to apply their skills in the public interest, and facilitate inclusive economic and community development. This report covers the work of students under the direction of Associate Clinical Professor Lauren Rogal in the 2021-22 academic year. Read More

    Sep. 23, 2022